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category: Biography & Autobiography
published: Sep 2008
ISBN:9781894898744
publisher: TouchWood Editions

Nobody's Father

Life Without Kids

edited by Bruce Gillespie & Lynne Van Luven

tagged: fatherhood
Description

In a sequel to the celebrated collection of stories Nobody's Mother comes an honest and poignant collection of essays from men who have forgone fatherhood.

 

Statistics Canada data show that seven per cent of women and eight per cent of men intend to remain childless. Nobody's Father gives readers fresh, honest insights into that male eight per cent. Ranging in age from young manhood to late middle age, some gay and some straight, and making their homes across North America, the contributors explore the issues of what it means to live a life without children. While some writers admit they are haunted by feelings of failure to live up to their own fathers' expectations and to carry on the family name, others admit to knowing from an early age that parenthood was not for them and are content with the alternative lives they lead.

About the Authors

Bruce Gillespie


Lynne Van Luven is an associate professor in the Department of Writing at the University of Victoria, where she teaches journalism and creative non-fiction. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications across Canada. She has edited four previous anthologies, including Nobody’s Mother: Life Without Kids, Nobody’s Father: Life Without Kids, and Somebody’s Child: Stories About Adoption. Lynne lives in Victoria, BC.

Please visit finearts.uvic.ca/lynnevanluven

Editorial Reviews

The essays explore a territory worth knowing, a region that relatively few of us frequent. —Monday Magazine


A well-written meditation on not having children.—The Malahat Review

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